Stützle's two goals lead Senators past Bruins, but Ullmark injury clouds win

Tim Stützle scored twice and added an assist as the Senators beat the Bruins 4-1 at TD Garden on Monday night, per sports.yahoo.com. The win pushes Ottawa to 2-0 to start the season, following Saturday's 3-2 victory in Toronto.

But the result came with a familiar shadow. Starting goaltender Linus Ullmark, facing his former team, was removed to start the third period after making 10 saves through two frames. He had "tweaked something" in a collision, the team said.

The Senators described the decision to pull Ullmark as precautionary, with Samuel Ersson taking over in goal. The severity of the injury is not confirmed.

STUTZLE STRIKES TWICE EARLY

Stützle opened the scoring at 7:39 of the first period, finishing a setup from Amadio for the Senators' first shorthanded goal of the season, per sports.yahoo.com. The early strike gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead.

Less than two minutes later, Stützle struck again, this time using Amadio as a decoy. It didn't officially count as shorthanded, but for all intents and purposes, it was. That quickly put the Bruins in a 2-0 hole and gave the Senators control they never relinquished.

Drake Batherson extended the lead to 3-0 just 1:06 into the second period, with Stützle picking up the assist for his third point of the night. After a neutral zone turnover, Stützle hit his linemate with a stretch pass for a breakaway, and Batherson finished with a backhand tuck behind Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman.

Michael Amadio made it 4-0 at 5:19 of the second, converting a blind backhand pass from Shane Pinto. Pinto's original shot was disrupted, so he whipped the puck to the front of the net and Amadio swatted it home. That gave Amadio his second point of the night and second goal in as many games, per sports.yahoo.com.

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